Rail-joint.



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RAIL JOINT* APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 3, 1908.

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WINDBER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application led November 3, 1908. Serial No. 460,893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. URBAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at l/Vindber, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in R ail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of my invention are, rst, to provide a continuous tread for rolling stock, thereby eliminating the jarring and jolting experienced when a car passes over a railjoint; second, to dispense with the use of nuts and bolts as a fastening medium for the splice bars of a rail joint.; third, to provide a novel rail chair that will prevent the lateral and vertical displacement of the confronting ends of rails; and fourth, to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive rail joint that can be easily and quickly installed by unskilled labor.

I attain the above objects by a structure that will be presently described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the outer side of my rail oint, Fig. 2 Yis a slmilar view of the inner side of the joint, Fig. 3 is an end view of the joint, Fig. 4 isa cross sectional view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a plan.

Referring to the ,drawings in detail, 1 and 2 denote a pair of rail sections, the confronting ends of which are adapted to be supported by a chair in accordance with this invention. lar base plate 3 of relatively greater width than the base 6 of arail section. Formed integral with the base plate 3 are s lice bars 4 and which inclose the top of t e base 6 of the rail section and also the webs 7 of the rails. #The s lice bar 5 is positioned uponl the outer si e of the rail sections 1 and 2 and terminates at vits topin an angular eX- tension 8 Which embodies an upwardly and outwardly inclined portion seated againsty the lower face of the head 9 of the rail and further comprises a .vertically extending portion The chair comprises a rectangu` lface of the headl 9 and constituting a brace therefor.V Formed integral with the splice bar 5 and the extension 8 arelreinforcing ribs 12, on top of the ribs 12. AThe ribs 12 terminate at a point below the plane of the top of the extension 8. The ribs l0 and 12 at their lower ends are of such a width as to roject from the splice bars to the edges o the base plate 3. The longitudinal edges of the base late 3 are provided with notches 13 to enab e the base plate 3 to be securely spiked in position and with the base plate bridging a p urality of parallel ties.

From the foregoing construction and arrangement of parts, it is evident that when the chair'is set up with respect to the rail section, the rail section cannot be displaced with respect to the section 2 and therefore an eflicient joint is set up for the confronting-ends ofthe rail sections.

Having now described my invention what l claim as new, is:-

In a rail section joint, the combination of a pair of rail sections, of a chair adapted to support said sections, saidchair comprising a baseplate relatively-*wide with res ect to the base of a rail section, outer an inner splice barsformed integral with said base plate and inclosing the basesl and webs of the rail section, said inner splice bar abutting against the lower faces of the heads of said rail sections, said outer splice bar provided with an extension'embodying an outwardly extending and u wardly inclined portion 'abutting against t e lower face of the heads of said rail sections and said extension further comprising'a vertically extending portion abutting against the outer side of the heads of said rail sections, reinforcing rods headsfof said raiiseotons, and reinforcing formed integral with said inner splice bar said base plate provided in each longitudimtl and abutting against the ylower face .of the edge with notches'forthe reception of' spikes. 10

Intestiniony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT G. URBAN ribs formed integral with seid outer splice bar andwithfsad extension, saidrlast 1nentioned. reinforcing ribs at their to termi.| Witnesses:

neting at a point below the plane o' the top CHAs. MORFORD,

of the Vertical portion of said extensionfand 1 ROBT. G. COLBORN. 

